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The spring workouts are in the books and the long offseason has arrived. But before diving into summer and the painful wait for football to return, were taking a look back at the developments from March and April and sneaking a peek at what to expect in the fall for Nebraska.

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Spring football is done. Its time to work on the little things, which, for Nebraska, equate to the big things.Coach Bo Pelini left the Huskers with a message after Nebraska completed 15 practices over the past five weeks.

LINCOLN, Neb. -- Lets face it, the Nebraska defense played at an average level in 2013. Early in the season, the Huskers were below average. Remember the 38 consecutive points scored by UCLA and the 465 yards surrendered to South Dakota State?

Let's round out this Monday with another edition of the ol' mailbag. Remember to keep those emails coming or to hit us up on Twitter.Michael from Remsen, Iowa, writes: Do you think that NEBRASKA's young but very talented linebackers will take that step up this year and be the best linebacking group in the Big Ten?

We're taking snapshots of each position group with each Big Ten team entering the spring. Up next: the linebackers.Illinois: The Illini lose an All-Big Ten player in Jonathan Brown but still have decent overall depth at linebacker.

Countdown season continues as we near the end of our examination this week of the top players to watch in spring practice for Nebraska.Weve looked already at a young running back and two defenders in line to break through in 2014.